Work & commute · Johnstonville

Work & commute in Johnstonville, CA

Most working residents leave Johnstonville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Susanville (46%), Alturas (4%) and Redding (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 171 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 167 Johnstonville residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnstonville.

167live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnstonville goes to work

Susanville4.3 mi away

46%79

Alturas76.6 mi away

4%6

Redding94.5 mi away

3%5

Chico78 mi away

2%4

Sacramento133.8 mi away

2%4

Johnstonville (in town)right here

2%4

West Sacramento136.2 mi away

2%3

Vacaville158 mi away

2%3

San Francisco225.4 mi away

2%3

Roseville117.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%58

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Johnstonville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

49%

44%

49%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnstonville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnstonville are

151 jobs are based in Johnstonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Johnstonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Johnstonville

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Johnstonville residents hold

171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−48%

Jobs based in Johnstonville, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 151. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.